


Another Side of the Rebellion: Steve Rogers, the Space Pirate

by elcapitan_rogers



Series: Romanogers AU [15]
Category: Captain America (Movies), Marvel Cinematic Universe, Star Wars: Rebels, The Avengers (Marvel Movies)
Genre: Alternate Universe - Star Wars Setting, F/M
Language: English
Status: In-Progress
Published: 2017-10-17
Updated: 2018-01-08
Packaged: 2019-01-18 11:16:33
Rating: Mature
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Chapters: 3
Words: 4,767
Publisher: archiveofourown.org
Story URL: https://archiveofourown.org/works/12386982
Author URL: https://archiveofourown.org/users/elcapitan_rogers/pseuds/elcapitan_rogers
Summary: Star Wars AU- Steve Rogers is the notorious space pirate, the scourge of the outer rims. The leader of the 'Avengers' crew accidentally captured an Imperial officer who held an important information. Turned out, the Rebels wanted her too.





	1. Chapter 1

**Author's Note:**

> In honor of Star Wars Rebels final season, I have another AU for you guys.

“Steve! Are you sure about this?” Bucky shouted from the cockpit. 

“Yes, I’m fucking sure! Just get us in Buck!”

 

Bucky groaned and told Sam to get them closer to the Imperial transport ship. Bucky never like the idea of attacking a transport ship because it meant more stormtroopers were aboard the ship as well. Steve set his heart to attack this ship. Tony got an intel that there was a vulnerable cargo aboard. The  _ Avengers _ crew didn’t know what it was but their leader wanted it anyway.

 

“Docking completed!” Sam shouted.

 

Steve opened the airlock and charged into the corridor with Thor. Of course, they were met with a group of stormtroopers. 

 

“Thor, Tony, covered me.” 

 

Thor blasted his huge blaster while Tony threw stunned grenade. Steve pulled out his lightsaber and took down every single one of the troopers swiftly.

 

“I gotta get my hand on one of this.” Tony said.

 

“Then you gotta kill one, my friend.”

 

“There is no more Jedi to kill!”

 

“Then kill the Sith Lord.” Steve replied. “Tony and Wanda, go to the storage. Thor and I will sweep the deck and find if there is anything else.”

 

The team spread out. The leader instructed Sam and James to be on a lookout in case there was an unexpected company. Thor and Steve quickly swept through the ship until they reached the bridge.

 

“Sam, is there any distress call sent out from this ship?”

 

“No, I have Jarvis jammed the signal as soon as we arrived.”

 

Steve looked at Thor. “You ready?”

 

“Always.”

 

Steve unlocked the door through the bridge and found only the unarmed crew. Then his eyes felt on a red head standing in the middle of everyone. Wanda joined them a moment later.

 

“James and Tony are loading up cargo we found. There are ten fuel cells.”

 

“I don’t think those are the precious cargo the rebel wanted.” Steve said.

 

“What are you talking about?”

 

Steve walked toward the redhead woman and pulled her forward. 

 

“From her uniform I think she is one of the highest ranking officer.”

 

“Let me go, you pirate scum.” She tried to get away from Steve’s hold.

 

Before they could say anything else, Sam’s voice piercing through their comm. 

 

“Guys! We got company! Get back to the ship ASAP!”

 

“Who is it?”

 

“I don’t know but there are three fighters and a ship.”

 

Steve had Thor carried the redhead officer as they rushed back to their ship. Lucky for them, Tony and James were able to get all the cargo.

 

Sam quickly detached from the dock and everyone took their position. 

 

“Sam, can we jump into hyperspace?” Tony asked.

 

“Not with them still firing at us!”

 

_ “Attention, unknown spaceship. You have the cargo we want. Surrender the Imperial officer peacefully and we will let you go.” _

 

“Steve, just give her to them.” Bucky shouted.

 

“Wait, I know that voice.”

 

Steve got from the nose gun to the cockpit. He had suspicion of who that was and he needed to confirm it.

 

“Buck, hail them back.” Steve ordered and Bucky did as he told. “Whoever that is, can I at least know who you are before we shoot you down?”

 

_ “This is Hera Syndulla of the Phoenix squadron. You have what we want.” _

 

“Hera?” Steve was surprised.

 

_ “Who are you? Do we know each other?” _

 

“Of course, my little Twi’ sister.”

 

_ “Steve?” _

 

“I will give you the coordinate. Follow us there and you will get your cargo.”


	2. Woman from the past

The Avengers crews were in hyperspace right now as they were heading to the destination. Steve’s demeanor was clearly change. He sat quietly across the redhead officer. Wanda joined him.

“What is it, Steve? Who is she?”

“Someone from the past.” He replied, clearly didn't want to discuss this with his friends. “And she might be our biggest threat.”

Wanda frowned, thinking that whatever happened between Steve and the woman named Hera might not ended up well.

Once they were out of hyperspace, Steve instructed Sam to land on the moon. They knew this place very well and it would be safe. Bucky and Steve knew this place inside and out.

“Everyone, be on your guard.” Steve warned as they prepared their weapon.

“But you know her, right?” Saw asked, looking at their leader for more answer.

The blond man sighed. “It’s been a long time. I don’t know if she changed or not.”

They followed Steve out of the ship with the redhead woman. In front of them were a Twi'lek woman, a full grown man, a Mandalorian girl, and a boy. Steve frowned as he sensed something from the man and the boy. They were not what they tried to appear to be. The Mandalorian girl also gave out dangerous aura. This crew might be a worthy opponent to ever in a long time.

“Hera. It’s been a long time.” Steve greeted, putting on his charming smile.

“Steve...I thought you were dead!” The Twi’lek woman ran and hugged Steve. “Father said you left our home and he never see you again.”

Steve pulled away and Hera could notice the sadness in his eyes. “Because you left me.”

“Steve…” She frowned at him.

“I know, I know, it’s the only way you can fulfill your dream. So was I.”

“Did you?”

He nodded. “Yeah, I kill them all.”

“Oh, Steve…”

“We can catch up later.” He cut off. “Who is that Imperial officer that you want? And why should I give her to you?”

Hera could sense the hostility from her old friend. Even Kanan and Ezra gripped on their weapon. Hera gave them a signal to stand down. Kanan stared at the man who apparently an old friend of Hera. He sensed something, a Jedi like kind of sense. Maybe this guy is a force sensitive but it was something darker inside of him, much darker than whatever Kanan experienced.

“Hera…” Kanan said. “I don’t trust him.”

“You’re right not to trust me.” Steve replied. “But if I want to kill you, you will already be dead.”

“Okay, knock it off both of you.” Hera stepped between Kanan and Steve. “Steve, can I talk with you in private? I will explain everything.”

Steve nodded before turned to Thor. “Keep your eyes on her, okay? If they try anything, kill the woman.”

Steve stepped away from both crew with Hera, made sure to go out of their earshot.

“Who is that woman, Hera? And why is she so important?” Steve asked.

“Steve, she’s the spy inside the Imperial army for the Rebels.” Hera explained. “And she has valuable information for us.”

He frowned. “So you are going to ask me to hand her over to you?”

“Yes.”

“I think your Rebel got some credit, yeah?”

“Are you going to sell her to us? Seriously?” She asked, couldn’t believe that her old friend would act like this.

“I’m a pirate now, little sister. I need money and supply to run my operation.” He explained.

“Urgh, you are unbelievable.”

Before Steve could say anything, someone contact Hera.

“Boss, we got company.” Zeb said through her com-link.

“Who is it, Zeb?”

“A star destroyer. I think they want that woman back.”

Hera turned back to her old friend. “We need your crew to help us, Steve. We need to get out of here.”

Steve knew he needed her crew too. “Yeah.”

They both ran back to their ship and signaled everyone. Steve took position as a pilot with Sam while Bucky took position at nose gun. Both ships took off and began to fly away.

“Hera, I know a way around this place. Just follow me.” Steve said.

“Steven Rogers, I trust you are not going to get me kill.”

“Hera, you wounded me, little sister.”

The Avengers took off followed closely by Hera’s squad. The Avengers flew low that they almost touched the water below.

“Fly low. They will not detect us.” Steve instructed. “I have to warn you. We will be fly blind soon.”

They used the tree shades to cover their ship from pilot naked eyes. The magnetic field of the planet fucked up their radar and navigation system. Steve used his sense to fly though rocky canyon.

“Cap, we got company.” Sam warned.

“Hera, ten tie fighters are on your tail now.” Steve said.

“We are not able going to shake them.”

“We can lose them in this canyon.” Steve replied. “How strong is the sense of your Jedi friend?”

“What?” Hera asked. “How did you know this?”

  
“I have a gut feeling. Use him, okay? We are going to split right up ahead.” The pirate told. “Meet me at the other side of this star, okay?”

Before Hera could objected this plan, they had to part to separate way, taking equally TIE-fighters with them. Steve’s crew quickly shot them down in the canyon and safely travelled to the otherside of the Canyon. The pirate captain waited for his sister to appear but it took longer time than he expected.

“Where are they?” Steve mumbled.

“Are you sure she is that good of a pilot?” Sam asked.

“Man, she’s the best.”

“Better than you?”

“Well, excluded myself of course.”

Finally, they heard a loud boom and a TIE-fighter got shot down into the river below and the Ghost appeared. Steve sighed in relief.

“Welcome back, sister.” Steve greeted. “We have to bail now. Give us the location of your rebel base and we will meet there.”

“Why do I get the feeling that I will regret this?” Hera asked.

“Well, if there is anything to help with your confidence, I will deliver her and you better prepare for the place I ask for. Gold is the best guarantee for everything.”

“Fine, we will get you the credit you want.”

Steve smiled. “I know you would come around.”

Steve let Sam pilot the ship alone while he went to the cargo hold to see the prisoner they captured. Thor stood guard of the woman. Thor stepped aside and let the leader talk to the woman. Steve pulled the bag, revealing her beautiful face. Steve crunched down in front of her. Blue eyes met with her hypnotic green ones.

“Alright, we have a couple hour before we reached your base. You better talk now, lady.”

 


	3. Chapter 3

“What makes you think I will talk to you, pirate scum?” She spat at him. 

Steve frowned at the redhead woman. He was trying to be civil with her and not being the complete jerk as Wanda always called him. Apparently, the woman wanted to be on his bad side.

“Okay, let’s start again.” Steve said and tried to remain calm. “Back to the part where you did not call me ‘Pirate Scum’ because I’m not. I’m just a pirate.” He reached his hand out in front of her. “I’m Steve Rogers. Space Pirate. Dashing rogue. Captain of the Avengers ship and leader of this crew.” He introduced himself.

She made face at him but couldn’t stop notice how dashing this man was. Even he was covered with clothes, she could still make out the line of his hard muscles and broad chest. The leather brown jacket only made him looked dashing as he claimed. 

She reached her hand out and shook with him. “Commander Natasha Romanov of the Imperial fleet of Jedha.” She replied. “I am a spy to the Rebellion and I have crucial information that needed to be delivered.”

“I want that information.” Steve insisted. 

“It’s about the Imperial plan on Jedha and new Imperial facility at the outer rim.” Natasha replied. “Which is none of your concern anyway.”

“Yeah, you are right. I only interested in cargo and valuable items I can sell for credits.” Steve admitted. “Which mean you are no longer a use for me. I will sell you to the rebellion and that is it.”

“Fine with…” Natasha couldn’t finish her sentence. Steve gagged her with a piece of cloth. 

Steve got up and turned toward Thor. “Keep your eyes on her.”

  
  


* * *

 

 

They came out of hyperspace three hours later and found the  _ Ghost _ crew waited for them outside of what apparently to be Yavin-4. Steve had a bad feeling about this but he followed Hera down to the Rebel HQ anyway. Sam and Bucky advised against this but Steve said they could trust Hera.

“If they wanted to arrest us, they would do it a long time ago.” Steve said. “I trust Hera.”

“Bud, can I speak with you in private?” Bucky asked.

Steve nodded and led his friend to his quarter.

“You always have weak spot for her, Steve.” Bucky said. “I don’t know why you still trust her.”

“Because she is Hera Syndulla and I know her.” Steve insisted. “She could be many thing but she will never betray her own family.”

Bucky huffed. He was the only person who knew Steve’s past, all of it, including his deep darkest secret. 

“She already did that when she left you on Ryloth.”

Steve rolled his eyes. “She left because she wanted to pursue her dream. Buck, our path will lead us on a different direction anyway.”

“That appears to be true because you’re a pirate and she is a rebel commander,  _ phoenix leader _ . And you are a pirate scum bag.” 

Steve chuckled. Their path was different indeed. He was once a man with purpose. Now that it all changed and he had seen the galaxy for what it is, it changed him. He only wanted to protect this little family and he will not lead them into any fight that will lead them to their death. Yes, they stole from the Imperial, they stole from the Rebel as well. But he did it for their survival.

Sam announced that they were about to land on the surface. Thor, Wanda, and Tony were on edge as they stationed at the canon. Steve sensed the hostility and told everyone to remain vigilant. Once they landed, Sam spotted a group of people approaching the ship.

“Thor and Tony, ready the prisoner.” Steve ordered.

“Steve! I think you should see this!” Sam shouted from the cockpit.

Steve rushed to Sam and when he looked out the window. He saw Senator Mon Mothma and Senator Bail Organa. Oh, this was bigger than he thought. He heard their name before. He knew them. Everyone from Coruscant knew them.

“Guys, stand ready.” Steve said as they head for the hangar door. Steve’s hand reached for something behind his back but Wanda stopped him.

“It will not come down to that.” She said. “You just take a deep breath and control your emotion.”

Steve closed his eyes and let go of the thing behind his back. Breathing in and out before he gave Tony a nod, signaling for the Mandalorian to open the door.

The first thing they saw was three lines of rebellion soldier stood ready with their gun pointing at them. Suddenly the pirate crews became alarm and whipped out their weapon as well. Steve tried to remain calm as Wanda told but it was really hard when people pointing their gun at him.

“What the hell is this?” Steve asked.

“Surrender your prisoner now!” One of the soldiers shouted.

“Where is Captain Syndulla?” The pirate asked again.

But they didn’t get the answer as Kenan and the boy with blue eyes stepped forward. 

“Give Commander Romanov over right now!” Kenan ordered. “Don’t make us force you.”

Wanda tried to warn Steve to stand down but it was too late. The Avengers leader jumped over the line of resistance soldiers and opened fire. Kenan and Ezra knew that was a force jump because no human could do that kind of stunt. Sam took the prisoner back into the ship while the rest kept firing at the pirate band. 

Steve was left facing with Kenan and Ezra alone. 

“What are you?” Kenan asked.

“Someone you don’t want to mess with.” Steve replied coldly. Before they could anticipate Steve’s next move, the pirate sent them flew away until they hit with mountain of crates by the force. Steve buried them under the metal boxes to cut off the most powerful enemies.

“Everyone stand down!” 

The familiar voice made everyone stop what they were doing even the pirates. Steve stopped and turned to face his little sister. Hera marched over to Steve.

“What the hell you think you are doing?” She asked, poking at his chest. “Help my friends out now!”

Steve groaned but used his force to lift up the crates so Kenan and Ezra could get out. Now they both knew why they could sense something from Steve. The man was attuned to the force, or even trained with the Jedi.

“You’re a Jedi?” Ezra asked.

“I’m no longer a Jedi. I turn away from that path long ago.” The pirate replied. “Jedi brought me nothing but pain and sorrow.”

“So you are a sith now?” Kenan retorted.

The blonde man sighed. “No, I’m not a Sith nor a Jedi. Those two things bring nothing but chaos to the entire galaxy.”

Before they could say anything else, Mon Mothma and Bail Organa joined them. Steve walked toward his crew and brought Commander Natasha forward.

“Captain Rogers, this is Senator Mon Mothma and Senator Bail Organa.” Hera introduced.

“I know who they are.” Steve replied rudely. “Here is the woman you want but I don’t see my credits anywhere.”

“We want to speak with you first.” Bail said and gestured his hand toward the base. “A notorious pirate like you probably interest in what we have to offer. An opportunity for your own gain perhaps.”

Steve frowned, still not convinced. “How do I know that this is not a trap?” 

“Because if we wanted to kill you, we would blow your ship up since you entered the base.” Bail replied before turning to Hera. “Captain Syndulla can vouch for us.”

“Steve...they just want to talk. Please…”

Steve inhaled and let out a long sigh. He turned back to his crew and gave a nod. Thor released the prisoner into the Rebel’s custody. The pirates followed Hera, Mon Mothma and Bail Organa inside. The Ghost crew walked alongside the Avengers crew, meeting their very own counterpart in the process.

“You wear Mandalorian Armor.” The girl with short hair spoke up when she faced with Tony who removed his helmet.

“I am Anthony Stark of Clan Stark, House Kryze.” Tony cheerfully introduced himself.

“Sabine Of Clan Wren, House Vizsla.” 

The Mandalorian shook hand and began to discuss about their homeland and how they became a part of both crew.

“Hi, friend, I must say I never seen an actual Lasat before.” Thor spoke up as he walked next to a tall and muscular Lasat.

“I have to say I never met an Asgardian before.” 

“I’m Thor Odinson of Asgard.”

“Garazeb Orrelios” The Lasat replied and shook hand with Thor. “Friend called me Zeb”

Bucky was walking side by side with Kanan as the two of them kept their eyes on Hera while Kanan watched Steve closely, trying to study the man with the force. Wanda was walking with Ezra who could sense that Wanda was also a force sensitive but whether she had a training or not, he did not know.

Sam was walking in the middle of the group with Commander Romanov, the prisoner. Finally they arrived at the main command center before heading to the meeting room for a more private conversation.

“Commander, we hope you have the information that we need.” Mon Mothma spoke up.

“Yes, Senator. I discover a plan of the Empire on Jadha, the new facility plan around the Outer Rim, and a dreadful news.” Natasha reported. “The Empire is developing a dangerous weapon with massive firepower. I do not know what it is but from what my informant at the research facility said, it can destroy a planet.”

Everyone looked at each other, didn’t seem to believe in what she just said.

“We need a proof, Commander. Otherwise we cannot proceed.” Bail said.

“I wish I have the evident, Senator but my clearances isn’t high enough to access the data. But I can confirm that the mining of Kyber crystal on Jadha is related to the development of this weapon.” Commander Romanov replied.

Steve listened to every detail this redhead told the Rebellion. It would help him a great deal to avoid the conflict around those planet and go rob somewhere else. He noticed that Hera was a big shot around here as well. She could state her opinion, everyone listened to her and gave her respect. Everything she always deserved but could never get from back home on Ryloth.

“Captain Rogers, we understand that you do not want to participate in this.” Bail’s voice brought Steve back from his deep thought.

The pirate nodded. “Ah, yes, I do not wish joining your crusade.” 

“What if we hired you to join Phoenix Squadron on this mission as a support?” Mon Mothma offered. “Once the Ghost crew could rescue the remaining Rebel spies on Lothal from the factory, you can swoop in and take anything.”

“How about you pay me and my crew for her?” Steve countered and pointed to Natasha. “I’m sure the information she just gave you is crucial. So the price is now double for what we first ask.”

Hera sighed, signaling the two leaders to stop negotiating with Steve before he tripled the price. Mon Mothma nodded and motioned for Zeb and Ezra to wheel in the credit crates. 

“Here’s your credits, Captain Rogers.” 

“Pleasure doing business with you, Senators.” Steve replied with a smug look on his face.

“We do hope you will stay as our guest before you leave. We might need your expertise on some matter.” Bail invited, even his subordinates clearly didn’t approve.

“It comes with a price, Senator.”

“I do know.” Bail laughed. “General Syndulla will take you to your quarters.”

  
  


* * *

 

 

The crews didn’t know why Steve decided to stay at the Rebel base as they invited them. It kept everyone on edge and since they got the credits they wanted, they should be across the galaxy by now, far away from all this mess.

“Dude, we should go.” Sam said. “This is not the place for us to be.” 

“Especially when shit is about to go down.” Tony agreed. “And I don’t like the way that Mandalorian girl scanned my armor.”

“Steve, please listen to them.” Bucky pleaded. “We should leave tomorrow.”

Everyone was trying to convince Steve who kept quiet the whole conversation. Wanda was also kept quiet as she read Steve’s mind. She could sense his feeling as clear as day when his mind was wandering like this.

“He wanted to stay because of her and he is contemplating whether we should help the Rebellion or not.” Wanda informed the team.

“Hey, how many time I have to tell you? Quit poking in my head.” Steve grumbled at the girl. “You’re force sensitive but god! You need to learn to control it.”

Wanda quirked her eyebrows up. “You haven’t teach me anything.”

“Okay, my bad. I will show a basic way to control your power but I can’t teach you more than that.” Steve promised. “It’s too dangerous now.”

They kept debating on when they should leave this planet. Steve only wanted to stay for a little while because of Hera. He needed to catch up with her and at least convinced her to abandon this futile effort and come with him. This was all bigger than any of them and something big was about to happen. From what he learned in the meeting room, they will rescue Natasha’s friends who served closely to Grand Moff Tarkin. Then they could provide the crucial information that Natasha was missing.

“We will stay for three days and then we will leave this planet.” Steve decided. “In the meantime, if you find anything we can use, steal it.”

 

* * *

 

 

The next morning, Hera found Steve meditating on top of his ship, facing the sun rise. Warm ray shone on him as she witnessed how handsome he was. This brought back her old memories of their time together on Ryloth.

“I missed those time too, Hera.” Steve spoke up and it brought the Twi’lek out of her deep thought.

Steve used his force and helped her up on his ship. Hera sat down next to him as they watched sun rise together.

“Do you ever think what our lives would be if we stayed in Ryloth?” Steve asked.

“Dad would keep me in the gilded cage while you would be on the front line with him, taking Ryloth back.” Hera replied. “You are like a son he never had.”

“Yeah, it probably is. But instead I’m pillaging the outer rim.” Steve chuckled when he thought about it. He turned from the path of revolutionist into a thief. 

“That you did.” She agreed. “Wait, are you that group who raid Lothal factory and stole another cargo ship a couple months ago?”

“Yeah, why?”

“You make our work harder than it already is, Steve.” Hera replied. “Saving people of Lothal is already hard enough, now they tightened the security of the system.”

“I’m sorry. I did not know.”

“You have to stop living like this, Rogers. You are destined to do something good, not this pirating thing you are doing.”

“You can’t convince me to join you cause, Hera.” Steve replied with a stern look on his face.

Hera sighed and reached her hand out to take his. “I hope you see the light soon before this path will let to your downfall.”

Further away, Kanan and Bucky were keeping their eyes on Steve and Hera. For Bucky, he knew and he saw how that Twi’Lek woman could did to Steve and now he was in her grasp again. Bucky feared she would sway Steve from the crew.

For Kanan, he was afraid that this stranger from Hera’s past will seduce her into the path of darkness. The one that this mystery man already took. He never trust this man for a second, especially after Steve revealed himself to be a force user.

“Do you remember this?” Hera asked as she pulled a necklace with pink kyber crystal. 

Steve fondly smiled. “I went to the Unknown Region for it. To make this necklace for you.”

“I know.” She said. “I assumed you would want it back.”

“It’s alright. You keep it. For old time’s sake.” He declined. “A token of my love for you.”

“Steve…”

“I know...it’s in the past now for us.” 

Hera could clearly hear the sadness in his voice, realizing he never let go of the love they shared back when they were children.

“Hera!” Someone called the General from below.

Both of them turned to look at the source of the voice. Kanan was there.

“Senator Mothma and Senator Bail Organa are waiting for us.”

 

* * *

 

Steve helped the Rebel plan the attack on Lothal by lending them his expertise of the Outer Rim and secret passage that would help them create an element of surprise.

Hera and Bail tried to convince Steve again but the pirate still said no. Steve knew the risk and it wasn’t worth risking his crew’s life. His team helped tweak their battleships and Tony did a little upgrade for their cannons and weapons, making it reach it highest potential. 

Sabine and Tony worked on a secret weapon that could turn the tide when things turned sideways. Steve clearly the enthusiasm in his friend for the first time in a very long time. Same as Thor who trained soldiers with Zeb in close quarter combat. 

He knew he had to pull his friends out of this place before they were getting attach.

The only thing he loved about this place was Hera. He got a chance to be close to her again and feeling the peace he was long forgotten. She was still a big part of him. The person who was a big part in shaping him into who he was. Steve also noticed how to the Jedi and his apprentice keeping their eyes on him.

He didn’t care. He will never harm Hera.

“Steve, do you see how your crew fit right in with the rebellion?” Hera asked.

“I notice and that is why I want us to leave as soon as possible.”

“Aren’t you even going to reconsider my offer?” She asked.

“No. And this will be the last time we are going to talk about this.”

**Author's Note:**

> NO BETA. DO NOT COMMENT ABOUT ME GETTING A BETA READER, OKAY? DON'T TAKE OUT ALL THE FUN OF WRITING FOR ME. BYEEEEEEEEEEE.


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